Kelly Puente

Kelly Puente covers courts and criminal justice for the Register. She has worked as a journalist since 2006 covering everything from education to crime and breaking news. Kelly previously worked at the Long Beach Press-Telegram before joining the Register in 2013.

The Orange County District Attorney's Office on Wednesday is filing one felony count of murder with a sentence enhancement for using a knife against Samuel Lincoln Woodward, the 20-year-old accused of...